Delhi Riots Larger Conspiracy Case: Delhi Court To Hear Umar Khalid's Bail Plea On July 27

A Delhi Court will hear on July 27 the bail application moved by Umar Khalid in connection with the Delhi Riots larger conspiracy case involving charges under UAPA and the Indian Penal Code. (FIR 59/2020)

Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat also directed that a reply on the bail application is to be given one day in advance to Khalid's counsel before the next date of hearing.

Senior Advocate Trideep Pais appeared on behalf of Umar Khalid whereas Special Public Prosecutor Amit Prasad appeared for the State.

The FIR contains stringent charges including sec. 13, 16, 17, 18 of the UAPA, sec. 25 and 27 of the Arms Act and sec. 3 and 4 of the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act,1984. The accused persons are also charged under various offences of Indian Penal Code, 1860.

During the course of hearing today, all the accused persons marked their presence via video conferencing after which the Court posted the matter for the next date of hearing on July 30.

In September last year, main chargesheet was filed against Pinjara Tod members and JNU students Devangana Kalita and Natasha Narwal, Jamia Millia Islamia, student Asif Iqbal Tanha and student activist Gulfisha Fatima.

Others who were charge-sheeted included former Congress Councillor Ishrat Jahan, Jamia Coordination Committee members Safoora Zargar, Meeran Haider and Shifa-Ur-Rehman, suspended AAP Councillor Tahir Hussain, activist Khalid Saifi, Shadab Ahmed, Tasleem Ahmed, Salim Malik, Mohd Salim Khan and Athar Khan.

Thereafter, a supplementary chargesheet was filed in November against former JNU student leader Umar Khalid and JNU student Sharjeel Imam in a case related to the alleged larger conspiracy in the communal violence in northeast Delhi in February.